Real-Time Systems Development introduces computing students and professional programmers to the development of software for real-time applications. Based on the academic and commercial experience of the author, the book is an ideal companion to final year undergraduate options or MSc modules in the area of real-time systems design and implementation. Assuming a certain level of general systems design and programming experience, this text will extend students' knowledge and skills into an area of computing which has increasing relevance in a modern world of telecommunications and 'intelligent' equipment using embedded microcontrollers. This book takes a broad, practical approach in discussing real-time systems. It covers topics such as basic input and output; cyclic executives for bare hardware; finite state machines; task communication and synchronization; input/output interfaces; structured design for real-time systems; designing for multitasking; UML for real-time systems; object oriented approach to real-time systems; selecting languages for RTS development; Linux device drivers; and hardware/software co-design. Programming examples using GNU/Linux are included, along with a supporting website containing slides; solutions to problems; and software examples. This book will appeal to advanced undergraduate Computer Science students; MSc students; and, undergraduate software engineering and electronic engineering students.

Tired of always being on the run from SERVEYOUinc, the Doctor tries to buy the corporation...but it doesn't work out as he planned! Can companions Alice Obiefune, Jones and ARC rescue the Doctor from himself? Plus, tracking a falling meteor back into the past sees the TARDIS team colliding with warring Roman Emperors in 312 AD - as a malevolent alien force crawls from the crater!

In a bid to rekindle the torch of democracy, a longtime federal executive explores the political discord that has so many people fighting with each another.

If you're concerned about the future of the United States and the shortcomings of today's political system, then you're part of an ever-growing club.

Author William W. Robe, who spent more than Forty years in the service of his country, is deeply disturbed by the lack of harmony within the halls of government. Social, economic, and demographic changes pose challenges, but Tea Party activists, Wall Street occupiers, and others are only making our problems worse.

In this detailed commentary on the current political system, Robe considers a different approach to understanding American economics; truths about the national debt and deficit spending; two flaws in Adam Smith's original version of capitalism; and ways to find common ground on important issues.

If the country's citizens remain divided, democracy will collapse. It won't be because of an invading army; it will be because of internal strife. Even so, it's not too late to rekindle the light of freedom through unity. It begins by recognizing that "Divided We Fall."

Are you chasing a job that you really want, but need to take a numerical reasoning test to get it? With the help of this book, you'll sharpen your skills and quickly become confident in your ability to pass. Written by a psychologist with years of test-writing experience, it's packed with examples of every kind of test and will take you through everything you need to pass with flying colours. Feel practised, prepared and confident Be ready to take on any type of test Develop a strategy to maximise your performance With plenty of tips, tricks and practise tests to help you, no matter what level or type of test you face, prepare to succeed!

Prepare. Practice. Perform. Succeed! Are you chasing a job that you really want, but need to take a verbal reasoning test to get it? With the help of this book, you'll sharpen your skills and quickly become confident in your ability to pass. Written by a psychologist with years of test-writing experience, it's packed with examples of every kind of test and will take you through everything you need to pass with flying colours. * Feel practiced, prepared and confident * Be ready to take on any type of test * Develop a strategy to maximise your performance With plenty of tips, tricks and practice tests to help you, no matter what level or type of test you face, prepare to succeed!

Media education for digital citizenship is predicated upon the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and produce media content and communication in a variety of forms. While many media literacy approaches overemphasize the end-goal of accessing digital media content through the acquisition of various technology, software, apps and analytics, this book argues that the goals for comprehensive and critical digital literacy require grasping the means through which communication is created, deployed, used, and shared, regardless of which tools or platforms are used for meaning making and social interaction. Drawing upon the intersecting matrices of digital literacy and media literacy, the volume provides a framework for developing critical digital literacies by exploring the necessary skills and competencies for engaging students as citizens of the digital world.

A ground-breaking, heart-breaking story of hope, fear, politics and pathos, ‘A Better World’ is the modern Judge Dredd classic you do NOT want to miss.

A Better World is a modern Judge Dredd classic, a powerful story focusing on a large-scale experiment with the aim of making Mega-City One a better place for the citizens who live there, but if the experiment is successful them the power of the Judges could well be destroyed.

Writers Rob Williams and Arthur Wyatt, with artist Henry Flint, craft a taut political thriller that challenges readers to reassess what they think of the world of Judge Dredd.

Tired of always being on the run from SERVEYOUinc, the Doctor tries to buy the corporation...but it doesn't work out as he planned! Can companions Alice Obiefune, Jones and ARC rescue the Doctor from himself? Plus, tracking a falling meteor back into the past sees the TARDIS team colliding with warring Roman Emperors in 312AD - as a malevolent alien force crawls from the crater! And that's all just a preface to this year's epic season finale!

Numeracy tests are increasingly a part of the recruitment process, but taking numeracy tests is something most of us dread, let alone practise.

"Brilliant Numeracy Tests" will give you all the practise you need. You'll gain experience with realistic practice questions and answers, become familiar with all the common tests, both general and organization-specific, and feel comfortable with a range of difficulty levels.

Written by an experienced psychologist who has designed and administered numeracy tests, you'll find a variety of effective strategies, tactics and tips to achieve peak performance.

Companion website: www.pearson-books.com/numeracyandverbaltests

DON'T MISS THE STUNNING SIXTH COLLECTION OF THE ELEVENTH DOCTOR'S ALL-NEW COMICS ADVENTURES! The truth behind the Doctor's possible-crime revealed! Shocking surprises in store for the Doctor's companions! The thrilling chase resolved; every mystery unveiled! Don't miss this final chapter where the Doctor and his companions face...The Malignant Truth!

Accused of terrible war crimes that he can't remember committing, the Eleventh Doctor goes on the run' with his companion Alice Obiefune, along with a mysterious amnesiac who calls herself The Squire! As they dig deep into the history of the Time War in hope of clearing the Doctor's name, the bounty hunter called The Then and The Now, a hideous perversion of spacetime, tracks them at every turn!

THE ELEVENTH DOCTOR RETURNS IN AN ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES, WITH A TIME-TWISTING LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN! GERONIMO! Second volume of the ongoing Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor comics series, collecting #6 - 10.

The Doctor, Alice, and the Sapling - now growing further into adulthood - take on another selection of insane adventures! Still missing many of their most treasured memories, the TARDIS team stumble across a Memory Ark, and their reality starts to fray further at the edges...Can the Doctor and Alice stop the Sapling from growing into the genocidal creature of destruction it is doomed to be? Can they reclaim their missing memories without destroying this new being? And can they have amazing, brain-bending trips through time and space along the way? To the last question - absolutely! For everything else, you'll need to read on! - Collects Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Year Three #5-8

With a force of personality capable of bending time itself and all the energy of a star's exploding heart, the Doctor blasts into the hollow, tragic life of a woman with so much to offer - and gives her the chance to scream "Geronimo!" at the thrills, colours and terrors of an infinite universe! Masterful writers team with astounding artists to blast the Eleventh Doctor - as played by Matt Smith - into a tantalising new era of time-twisting comics stories!

Love your country then rip it down! The critically-acclaimed indie superhero hit gets its own paperback collection for the first time! Beloved supersoldier, American, uncovers the dark truth behind The White House and burns the word 'Liar' into the forehead of The President on live TV. Now on the run with a rogue CIA agent, he intends to reveal everything he now knows to the world. Can his former teammates, the superteam Enola Gay, stop him?   From Rob Williams (Suicide Squad), Trev Hairsine (DCeased) and Travel Foreman (Animal Man)! Collects CLA$$WAR #1-6

The Doctor struggles to clear his name, and rediscovers more of what his War Doctor incarnation got up to during the Time War! Plus: the Squire uncovers her true past, and Alice cracks a temporal mystery. (While Abslom Daak uses his chainsword to bash things a lot) Guest-starring River Song, and the best jailbreak of ANY century!

The critically-acclaimed and fan-lauded latest Judge Dredd tale which sent shockwaves through the universe and Mark Millar called "one of the best runs ever!" Everything is at stake and no-one is safe - in the critically-acclaimed storyline from Rob Williams and Henry Flint, Judge Dredd and his team of hand-picked allies finally takes on the nefarious Judge Smiley, Mega-City One's behind-the-scenes manipulator - but who will be left standing at the end? And with tensions with Chief Judge Hershey at breaking point, has Dredd finally met his match?

Media education for digital citizenship is predicated upon the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and produce media content and communication in a variety of forms. While many media literacy approaches overemphasize the end-goal of accessing digital media content through the acquisition of various technology, software, apps and analytics, this book argues that the goals for comprehensive and critical digital literacy require grasping the means through which communication is created, deployed, used, and shared, regardless of which tools or platforms are used for meaning making and social interaction. Drawing upon the intersecting matrices of digital literacy and media literacy, the volume provides a framework for developing critical digital literacies by exploring the necessary skills and competencies for engaging students as citizens of the digital world.

Judge Dredd is the top lawman of Mega-City One, but now it seems as though the end has come - he must face off against the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse! Luckily he has an unexpected ally at his side in the form of meta-normal cowboy killer Ichabod Azrael. The Dredd epic of the year has arrived as Rob Williams (Judge Dredd: Control) teams up with Henry Flint (Judge Dredd: The Small House) and Colin MacNeil (America) to bring you this revelatory tale of the harbingers of the Final Judgement facing off against Mega-City One's toughest Judge. This collection is rounded out with epilogue stories from Rob Williams, Arthur Wyatt, Boo Cook and Dan Cornwell.

Collects Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Year Three #1- 5 The Eleventh Doctor and Alice are BACK for the start of a brand-new season! Who - or what - is The Scream? How is The Sapling connected to both the Doctor and Alice? Who joins the TARDIS? What secret messages has cosmic musician Jones left for the Doctor through time and space? And what amazing, magical, unforgettable sights will Alice experience on this all-new rollercoaster ride of a year? It all starts by driving a bright yellow monster truck over a river of fire...!

DON'T MISS THE STUNNING SIXTH COLLECTION OF THE ELEVENTH DOCTOR'S ALL-NEW COMICS ADVENTURES! The truth behind the Doctor's possible-crime revealed! Shocking surprises in store for the Doctor's companions! The thrilling chase resolved; every mystery unveiled! Don't miss this final chapter where the Doctor and his companions face...The Malignant Truth!